Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has announced several schemes for Women’s Empowerment and the proposal is in line with theme for this year’s National Science Day – ‘Women in Science’.
The 11 Chairs have been instituted in various areas of research including Agriculture, Biotechnology, Immunology, Phytomedicine, Biochemistry, Medicine, Social Sciences, Earth Science & Meteorology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics & Fundamental Research.
One of the chairs constituted is under the name of the noted anthropologist Dr IrawatiKarve.
Details are as following:
| SN | Chair to be instituted in the name of | Fields with which the Scientist was associated |
| | Dr. Archana Sharma (1932-2008) Renowned cytogenetist | Agriculture and Allied Research |
| | Dr. Janaki Ammal (1897-1984) The Pioneering Botanist | Biotechnology |
| | Dr. Darshan Ranganathan (1941-2001) Organic Chemist | Immunology |
| | Dr. Ashima Chatterjee (1917-2006) Chemist Par Excellence | Organic Chemistry, Phytomedicine |
| | Dr. KadambiniGanguly(1861-1923) A doctor who broke the muth | Medicine |
| | Dr IrawatiKarve (1905-1970) Studying Humans | Anthropology |
| | Dr. Anna Mani (1918-2001) Pioneer Indian Meterologist | Meteorology |
| | Dr. Rajeshwari Chatterjee (1922-2010) First Woman engineer from the State of Karnataka | Engineering |
| | Dr. Raman Parimala (b.1948) Mathematician (Bhatnagar Award, 1987) | Mathematics |
| | Bibhachowdhuri (1913-1991) | Physics |
| | Kamal Ranadive (8 November 1917-2001) (medicine) | Biomedical Research |
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